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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
A beautiful woman can put on all sorts 
of reform suits and still be beautiful. Mrs. 
Jenness-Miller is called a beautiful woman, 
and her dressmaker is probably an artist; 
but let the ordinary village dressmaker at¬ 
tempt to make similar dresses, fitting them 
over some bean pole of a figure minus a 
corset, and the combination would be any¬ 
thing but lovely. 
It is said that Mrs. Jenness-Miller has 
developed her present fine form from a 
rather indifferent beginning, by means of 
certain exercises and movements ; the Del- 
sarte, perhaps. This will do nicely for a 
woman of leisure, and the rising gen¬ 
eration ; and in the course of time, by the 
aid of the aforesaid movements and the 
survival of the fittest, a race of women may 
be evolved who will be disturbed by no 
vexed question of the corset. But what time 
has the busy housewife of to-day for de¬ 
veloping her beauty ? By the time she has 
given a certain portion of her time each 
day to the care of her hair, another portion 
to bathing and the care of her skin, another 
15 minutes to the massage of her face to 
keep it fresh and smooth, and another 20 
minutes to calisthenics of some sort, and 
still another portion to the culture of men¬ 
tal and moral faculties, (for physical beauty 
is as naught without beauty of mind) a 
good part of her precious time has been 
used. No doubt, at the end of the year 
there would bean improvement; but would 
the added beauty compensate her for losses 
from other duties left undone f 
In these times of eight-hour demands, all 
women should have time for self improve¬ 
ment, but they do not; and they will not 
until there is an entire revolution in 
the methods of housekeeping. In some 
blessed, far off Bellamy time, perhaps 
woman will walk forth a free, intelligent, 
healthy and beautiful creature, but she is 
far from it in many respects to-day. 
JOSEPHINE STARR. 
TO DAY’S DESSERT, AND OTHER 
RECIPES. 
B EAT four eggs till very light; add to 
them one large coffee cup of sugar, 
continue to beat until smooth and light. 
Flavor to taste and then add gradually 
and lightly two coffee cups sifted flour al¬ 
ternately with rich sweet milk to keep 
of good consistency, then at the last stir in 
three or four tablespoonfuls of flour with 
which has been mixed one heaping table¬ 
spoon of baking powder; now stir in milk 
enough to make a rather thin—not too 
thin—batter. Bake in very thin layers in 
large shallow pans, a very delicate brown ; 
turn out quickly on a cloth and roll up 
while yet hot. This quantity makes two 
rolls, and may be spread with jelly, fruits, 
custard, cocoanut or simple icing, always 
rolling as quickly as possible while hot. 
It may also be served plain, accompanied 
by apples that had been stewed, sweetened 
and sealed in glass jars, served on saucers 
with cream. The apples can be prepared 
the same day with the cake. Mine were 
prepared last summer on the farm, my 
“ camping on the farm ” being devoted, in 
great part, to putting up fruits and vege¬ 
tables for winter. 
If Ella R. Beebe will add two well-beaten 
eggs to her milk very gradually, to keep 
from cooking them, before pouring it over 
her macaroni, she will find It much im¬ 
proved. I prepare mine in this way and 
like it much better. 
Fresh boiled rice substituted for the mac¬ 
aroni and flavored with curry powder makes 
an appetizing dish. 
Curry Powder (Miss Leslie’s direc¬ 
tions): Three ounces turmeric, three ounces 
coriander and a quarter ounce of Cayenne ; 
one ounce mustard, one ounce cardamom, 
half ounce cummin all finely ground or 
powdered, thoroughly mixed, dried, bot¬ 
tled and corked tightly. 
Madras Curry.— Six ounces coriander 
seed, three of turmeric, one of black pepper, 
two of cummin, one of fennel and half an 
ounce of Cayenne: mix and seal in small 
bottles. In the Indies tamarinds are used 
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When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria, 
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, 
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, 
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria. 
in curries to impart a pleasant acid. Miss 
Leslie recommends lemons as a substitute. 
S. A. N. 
IMPROMPTU LUNCH AND OTHER 
NOTES. 
P LACE a quart of sweet milk in a bright 
tin dish if nothing better is at hand. 
Pare and slice into it three or four sweet 
apples, and add a small bit of butter, a pinch 
of salt, and a teaspoonful of sugar; boil all 
together slowly until the apples are tender, 
being careful not to burn the milk. When 
the apples are tender break into the dish 
three or four slices of bread, let it come to 
a boil once more, and it is ready to eat; 
you may add a little cold milk if you like. 
I can remember we children considered it 
a great treat, and always had our cups 
ready for a share ; to us, at least, it was a 
delicious dish. 
If fruit or pickles in stone jars begin to 
work, never turn them out to scald, but 
scald by setting the jar on the stove where 
the fruit will cook slowly until thoroughly 
cooked through, and it will be as nice as 
when first put up. 
Covers for Jars.— Take a piece of inch 
board a little larger than the jar you wish 
to cover, and saw off the corners. Nail 
another piece of board small enough to fit 
inside the jar across the larger piece. We 
like them better than plates, as they will 
not tilt if cats or rats Infest the cellar and 
jump on them ; neither can rats gnaw them 
off as they do paper covers. 
Keeping Remnants. —It often happens 
in warm weather that we have a small 
quantity of sauce or vegetables left over 
that we don’t want to use for the next meal, 
or perhaps even the next day. We scald 
them, not once, but twice sometimes. To¬ 
day we made a pie of cherries that had been 
watched and scalded half a dozen times ; it 
was as good as though made from fresh 
ones. 
Reheating Pihs.— If you have more pies 
baked than are likely to be eaten while 
fresh and good, do not throw them away, 
but sprinkle them with cold water and set 
them in a moderate oven until thoroughly 
heated. If you do it carefully, neither burn¬ 
ing nor drying them, no one need know 
that they are not freshly baked. 
One way of using sweet apples, which 
may be new to some of your readers, is to 
pare and quarter them; or if large, cut them 
into eighths, put them into the preserving 
kettle with water enough to come up even 
with the apples, nearly half as much sugar 
as fruit and a pound of raisins to every six 
or eight pounds of the apples; cook slowly 
until tender, but not broken. Can them as 
other fruit if towards spring and you wish 
to keep through the warm weather, or if in 
the early fall. We usually make ours in 
the late fall, however, a two-gallon jar full 
at a time and we refill it whenever it is 
empty, during the winter. Turn a plate 
over the sauce, with a light weight to keep 
the apples under the syrup; keep it in an 
outside cellarway or other cool place, as 
near the freezing point as possible, and you 
will always have a delicious sauce ready 
for use. I should have said cover the top 
with two or three thicknesses of light 
brown paper then one of cloth and tie down. 
Illinois. C. R. D. 
DEFORMITY AND SICKNESS THE 
RESULT OF HABIT. 
I T is habit, and habit alone, which counts 
for nearly every malformation of the 
human frame short of actual natural de¬ 
formity, says a writer in Good Housekeep¬ 
ing. It is simply the truth to say that a 
great many women—and a good many men, 
too, for that matter—are suffering tortures 
of mind and body, simply because they do 
not use their lungs. 
As an illustration of what is meant, a 
description of a most admirable morning 
exercise for young and old, mature people 
as well as children, will give a starting 
point. On rising, rub the chest vigorously 
for a minute or two, on the front, sides and 
back, till the body is in a little glow. Then, 
standing perfectly erect with the shoulders 
thrown back as far as they will go without 
effort, inflate the lungs to their fullest 
capacity by taking a long, deep breath, let¬ 
ting the air search out and fill all the re¬ 
mote cells, filling and expanding the chest. 
How grateful the sensation, and what a 
sense of strength and self-reliance the little 
act creates I Let the valve close, retaining 
the air for a few seconds, then let it pass 
out gradually, rest for a moment, and re¬ 
peat the experiment several times. The 
process should be repeated several times 
during the day, to get the lungs into the 
best possible condition and keep them so ; 
but if only the morning exercise is taken, 
it is noticeable how marked a change will 
ensue within a month. 
The lesson holds good in regard to going 
upstairs, to walking, and to the method of 
lying in sleeping. How very often the posi¬ 
tion assumed by a woman in mounting a 
flight of stairs is enough to put even a 
spectator in keenest pain. The head and 
shoulders are dropped forward, necessarily 
throwing the hips backward, bringing the 
knees beneath the stomach, and crowding 
all the internal organs of the body into the 
smallest possible space. And the persons 
who assume this position, and try to climb 
a staircase are astonished that the exertion 
“takes their breath away.” Lee these 
people but practice for a few days the art 
of going upstairs while standing erect, and 
giving the lungs and heart room to meet 
the extra demand which comes from the 
exertion, and they will see what it means 
to do a thing in the right way, as opposed 
to the wrong way. 
A chapter might bo written on the proper 
way to lie in bed; but for the purposes of 
the present paper it will be sufficient to 
emphasize the teachings which have been 
given in relation to sitting and walking. 
Do not, therefore, lie “ curled in a little 
ball,”asissometimes the practice,especially 
in cold weather or in a cold room. True 
rest consists in making the mechanical 
action of the heart and lungs during sleep 
as easy as possible, and this cannot be done 
if the circulation or respiration is inter¬ 
fered with by a cramped and constrained 
position. Most people find it easiest and 
best to lie upon one side; generally the 
right, and markedly so if there is any ab¬ 
normality of the heart, in form or action. 
Especial care should be taken, therefore, in 
case it causes a dull pain or a sensation of 
uneasiness in the region of the heart when 
lying on the left side, not to sleep in that 
position._ 
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not long after this interview, Mr. Beecher 
walked from Amherst to Brattleboro, Ver., 
to give a temperance lecture—his first pub¬ 
lic address, writes Mrs. Henry Ward 
Beecher in the first of her reminiscent 
papers in the October Ladies’ Home Jour¬ 
nal. After speaking, he walked back the 
entire journey, using the money sent to 
take him there and back, for books—only 
reserving enough to buy a simple gold ring. 
The ring, worn out by hard labor while at 
the West, and mended time and time again 
—the mending paid for by sewing at night 
while others slept—was, when we came to 
Brooklyn, so thin it could only be mended 
by lining, was worn long after that until, 
after a quarter of a century’s use, it could 
be no longer repaired. To-day it lies close 
to me as I write—sacredly kept as the re¬ 
sult of Henry Ward Beecher’s first earnings 
by public speaking at the age of 17 i 
I once heard a young lady say, showing 
her engagement ring: “There! I always 
said I would never be engaged if I could 
not have a diamond ring.” 
And then I thought of the old, worn 
ring, so carefully treasured, which, half a 
century ago, cost 85 cents, and questioned 
if there was on earth a ring more precious. 
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